Improvement in curtain-fixtures



tain-cord c winds.

PATENT EEroE.

HERBERT CLAYTON, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,321, datedSeptember 26, 1871.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, HERBERT CLAYTON, of Lexington, in the county ofFayette and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Curtain-FiXtures; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

My invention consists in improving brakes of curtain-xtures, ashereinafter fully described and subsequently pointed out in the claim.

lFigure l is a front view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionofthe same through the line w .fr in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionofthe cord-spool. Fig. 4 is a detailed view of my im' proved brake. t

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a curtain and weight attached to a roller, B, placedbetween the casingsof a window in the usualmanner. C is a spool of Wood,brass, or other material, attached to the end of roller B in the usualmanner, on which the cur- D is a flat curved lever or brake, placeddirectlyover the spool C and pivi oted at its inner end to a pin, c, onthe Windowcasing E, as shown. The outer extremity of the brake isprovided with an eye, b, through which the cord c passes, and there is aweighted tassel on the cord. The construction of the brake is peculiar.It consists of a single piece of wire bent at one end to form an eye forthe cord, then forked and extending back to the pin o, on which it issecured. Aplateg, is placed across the forked wire, whose edges are bentup over and f grasp the forks of the wire, as shown, giving strength andsupport to the brake.

To operate the curtain the attendant pulls the cord e outward from thewindow, which, acting on the eye b, lifts thebrake D from the spool C,thereby allowing the curtain to rise or fall. On releasing the cord c itwill hang in a vertical position, and the weight in its tassel will actupon the extremity of the brake D and press the latter upon theperiphery ofthe spool C, thus locking 'or holding the curtain-roller andretaining the curtain in the desired position.

The eye b may be provided with a roller orpulley Vfor the cord to run onto prevent friction. The pin c, instead of being driven into thewindow-frame, may be supported on the same bracket that carries theroller, the bracket being enlarged or extended sufficiently for thatpurpose.

My-improvement is especially adapted to heavy curtains, such as areemployed in the windows of stores and other public buildings.

The curtain-weight may be madev hollow and afterward filled with lead orshot sufficient to makel it an exact counterpoise for the shade on whichit is used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The constructionof curtain-xture brake D throughsaid eye, as and for the purpose specified.

HERBERT CLAYTON.

Witnesses:

I. F. THOMPSON, S. W. REYNOLDS.

